MODERN PENTATHLON 1912-2012
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1912 Stockholm: Gosta Lilliehook (SWE) takes the first Olympic title
1920 Antwerp: Sweden's winning pentathletes. Champion, Gustav Dyrssen is second from right
1924 Paris: Great Britain's team
1928 Amsterdam: Queen Wilhelmina watches the running event
1932 Los Angeles: Johan Oxenstierna (SWE) celebrates victory
1936 Berlin: Handrick (GER) Olympic Champion. First non-Swedish winner.
1948 London: Olympic medallists: Grut (SWE), Moore (USA), Gardin (SWE)
1952 Helsinki: First team competition won by Hungary over Sweden and Finland
1956 Melbourne: Lars Hall (SWE) wins second consecutive gold medal
1960 Rome: Ferenc Nemeth (HUN) wins gold in his only major international competition
1964 Tokyo: Ferenc Torok (HUN) wins. He later became Vice -President of the UIPM
1968 Mexico City: Bjorn Ferm (SWE) beats the favourite Andras Balczo (HUN) by just 11 points
1972 Munich: Balczo (HUN) is Olympic Champion at last
1976 Montreal: A shock team gold medal for Great Britain
1980 Moscow: Anatoli Starostin (URS) is, at 20, the youngest ever winner
1984 Los Angeles: Daniele Masala (ITA) takes the gold
1988 Seoul: Hungary win team and Janos Martinek (HUN) individual gold
1992 Barcelona: Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek (POL) wins individual and team gold
1996 Atlanta: Alex Parygin (KAZ) wins the first Olympic One Day Event as Zenovka (RUS) stumbles in the final stages
2000 Sydney: Dimitri Svatkovsky (RUS) wins gold
2000 Sydney: Steph Cook (GBR) wins the first ever Women's Olympic title
2004 Athens: Andrei Moiseev (RUS) wins
2004 Athens: Szusza Voros (HUN) wins gold
2008 Beijing: Moiseev (RUS) is only the second man in history to retain his Olympic title
2008 Beijing: Lena Schoneborn (GER) wins from Fell (GBR) and Tereshuk (UKR)
2012 London:David Svoboda (CZE) Men's Olympic Champion
2012 London: Laura Asadauskaite (LTU) Women's Olympic Champion
2016: Australia's first champion: Chloe Esposito
2016: Alex Lesun (RUS) Olympic Champion
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